Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act
- Last Action
- 4/8/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-08Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-08Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-08Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-08Introduced in House
- 2021-04-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-08 (00)
Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act
This bill establishes temporary programs to provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers. Frontline health care workers are those individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical response (e.g., patient care, medical research, or testing) to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency.
Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must carry out a program to forgive the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on federal student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers.
Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must carry out a program to repay in full the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on certain private student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers.
ED and Treasury must coordinate to ensure that eligibility determinations are consistent across both programs and that frontline health care workers who are eligible for both programs may apply for loan forgiveness with a single application. Further, such programs must be available to frontline health care workers who were borrowers of eligible loans and who died as a result of COVID-19.
The bill specifies the notification requirements related to the availability of these programs.
ED, Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly establish an intergovernmental working group to assist with the administration of these programs, including the development of the application process.
The bill also excludes discharged student loan debt under these programs from an individual's gross income.
Cosponsors (20)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
- Al Lawson (D-FL)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Treasury
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health personnel
- Higher education
- Income tax exclusion
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Student aid and college costs
- Worker safety and health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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